Archive - Originally posted on "The Horse's Mouth" - 2013-05-04 13:30:56 - Graham Ellis
The Melksham area board of Wiltshire Council comprises six seats. Here are the results from Thursday's elections from North to South across the area, and some analysis thereof
Melksham Without North Chivers, Terry (Elected) Independent 634 (40.88%)
Griffiths, Mark The Conservative Party Candidate 411 (26.50%)
Lawrence, Julie The Labour Party Candidate 115 (7.41%)
Stephens, Caroline Ann UK Independence Party 391 (25.21%)
Melksham North
Anderson, Ben The Conservative Party Candidate 323 (28.99%) Aves, Pat (Elected) Liberal Democrats 354 (31.78%)
Petty, Christopher Kenneth 80 (7.18%)
Taylor, Michael John UK Independence Party 251 (22.53%)
White, Margaret Ethel The Labour Party Candidate 106 (9.52%)
Melksham Central
Forgacs, Claire The Conservative Party Candidate 260 (23.55%)
Petty, Steve Liberal Democrats 328 (29.71%) Pollitt, David Martin (Elected) UK Independence Party 370 (33.51%)
Tait, Ian Robert The Labour Party Candidate 146 (13.22%)
Melksham South
Alford, Philip The Conservative Party Candidate 220 (14.92%)
Eaton, Rod UK Independence Party 411 (27.86%) Hubbard, Jon (Elected) Liberal Democrats 750 (50.85%)
Keen, Anna Louise The Labour Party Candidate 94 (6.37%)
Melksham Without South
Carter, Paul Robert UK Independence Party 449 (38.44%)
McLaughlin, Sian Marie The Labour Party Candidate 99 (8.48%)
Welch, Terri Liberal Democrats 142 (12.16%) While, Roy Sidney (Elected) The Conservative Party Candidate 478 (40.92%)
Summerham and Seend Seed, Jonathon (Elected) The Conservative Party Candidate 983 (68.31%)
Taylor, Wendy Jean UK Independence Party 456 (31.69%)
Composition of new Area Board
2 Conservatives (Jonathon Seed and Roy While)
2 Liberal Democrats (Jon Hubbard and Pat Aves)
1 UK Independence Party (David Martin Pollitt)
1 Independent (Terry Chivers) Congratulations to all of those elected
Total votes by partyby average votes per candidate:
Independent - 645 (1 candidate)
Conservative - 2675 (6 candidates - average 445 votes)
Liberal Democrat - 1574 (4 candidates- average 393 votes))
UK Independence Party - 2328 (6 candidates - average 388 votes)
Labour - 560 (5 candidates - average 112 votes)
No affiliation stated - 80 (1 candidate)